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Romania

Historically a Latin country with a strong French influence, Romania knows how to make great wine. Their soft, fruity Pinot Noirs began to cause a stir in the 1990s, but it can be tricky to find the best offerings, given the fact that the Romanians drink most of their wine themselves - 95% of it, in fact!

Most Romanian wine is white (70%), from local grapes. Feteasca Regala makes good sparkling wines. Tamaioasa Romaneasca is the perfumed "frankincense" grape. And Grasa is used for the famous sweet wines of Cotnari.

But red grapes are making a serious return to form. Babeasca Neagra makes sassy light fruity wines, and Feteasca Neagra (the 'maiden grape') is known these days as the "great red hope" - it's the grape that the Romanians think will put their country on the wine map again.

Romania's vineyards curve around the central Carpathian mountains with those in the southeast getting fresh breezes from the nearby Black Sea. The waters of the River Danube (in the southwest) also influence the vines